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VOLUME 66 NUMBER- 19
College Made Reality
For County Group
Six Chattooga County high
school seniors will get to go to
college next year because some
one cared enough to assist them.
Five $l5O scholarships were
presented by a group of civic
organizations, while a scholar
ship for the same amount was
presented by the Subligna com
munity to the alternate winner.
Each high school in the coun
ty, (with the exception of Lyer
ly who had no seniors planning
to attend college) selected two
members from their senior class
who hoped to go to college as
candidates. One from each
school was selected for a
scholarship with the other per
son from that school being
named an alternate.
Winners were: Martha Sue
Gordon, of Gore; Billy Flanagan,
cf Summerville; Jo Ann Hogg, of
Menlo; J. W. Tudor, of Subligna;
and Peggy Styles, of Trion.
The Subligna community pre
sented Mary Earl Jordon, Sublig
na alternate, with a $l5O
scholarship.
Other alternates were: John
Robert Lee, of Trion; Carlton
Hawkins, of Gore; Barbara Cash,
of Summerville; and Jerry Hogg,
of Menlo.
Those sponsoring the scholar
ships were: Summerville Lions
Club, Trion Lions Club, Summer
ville-Trion Rotary Club, Mason-
McCauley Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post, Summerville Woman’s
Club, Business and Professional
Women’s Club and the Summer
ville Retail Merchants Associa
tion.
Candidates for the scholar
ships were selected on the basis
of leadership, character, ability
and citizenship.
Clarence N. Walker, business
manager of Berry Schools, was
principal speaker at the dinner
meeting, which was attended by
parents of the candidates and
representatives of the sponsor
ing organizaions.
Trion School Plans
May Day Event
A lovely event is being plan
ned the Trion Grammar
School for 6 p.m. Thursday, May
11, when the May Day Festival i
will be held at the Trion ball
park.
The opening performance,
based on a poem taken from
“The Gingham Dog and the Cal
ico Cat," will be presented by the
first grade.
Miss Aileen Akin’s second [
grade will present a skit en
titled “Seven Steps.”
An English dance, “Hewitt’s
Fancy,” will be presented by
Miss Isa Stancill’s and Mrs. Ruth
McCollum’s second grade.
“Chimes of Dunkirk,’ and “Ace
of Diamonds,” will be par- 1
ticipated in by 105 third graders.'
An American folk dance and
an Italiance dance will be pre-j
sented by fourth grade boys and [
girls, and An Australian folk
dance and an American folk ।
dance will be given by the fifth
grades
“The Running Schottische,” a
Swiss marching song, will be
presented by sixth grades. A
number of sixth graders will
also assist the seventh grade in
the climax to the activities, when
56 children will dance the
Spanish Circle.
1 in 6 in This County
Can Expect Cancer
More money is spent on can
cer-ridden Chattooga Countlans
than is raised in the annual can
cer society drives.
This information was released
this week as the cancer drive got ■
under way in the county.
Another startling fact revealed i
was that one person in six In this
county will sometime during
their lifetime have cancer of one I
degree or another
A tragic thing about cancer, it '
was pointed out, is that it often
strikes children.
More children in Georgia die
of cancerous diseases than any |
other disease with the exception
of whooping cough.
Money raised in the county by
the cancer society is sent to the i
state society, which in turn dis- 1
tributes it to the 17 State Aid I
Cancer Centers in the state. The
nearest cancer center to Sum
merville Is Rome. These centers
are financed by the State Health
Department and the Cancer
Society.
A small percentage of the
funds Is sent to the national so
ciety for research and educa
tional work.
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Also send the baby’s com
plete name, age, and parents
name and address.
Exchange Student
Addresses Club
Miss Inge Von Gemmingen, of
Heidelberg, Germany, a foreign
exchange student sponsored by
Rotary International, was the
principal speaker Wednesday at
the regular meeting of the Sum
merville-Trion Rotary Club at
Rigeldale Tavern.
She spoke on her impression
of the United States. Miss Gem
minghen is a student at Shorter
College.
Others on the program from
Shorter were Miss Billie Berger,
of Miami, Fla.; Miss Patsy
Chapman, of Plant City, Fla.;
and Miss Martha Jo Gilstrap, of
Chattanooga.
Miss Berger and Miss Chap
man entertained with solos, ac
companied by Miss Gilstrap at
the piano.
Henry Fullbright, Rome Ro
tian, had charge of the program
for E. L. Gray.
George Erwin and Donald
Barnes, of Marietta, were guests
■of the Club.
Ladles Night will be held Tues
! day, May 9, at the Tavern.
VFW TO MEET
FRIDAY; STUBBS
APPOINTS OFFICERS
The local pos l of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars will meet at 8
[p.m. during the summer months,
jit was announced this week by
Commander John Stubbs.
A meeting is planned for Fri
day evening, May 5, and all vet
erans interested in joining are
cordially invited to attend. The
present membership of the local
post is 320.
Commander Stubbs, who re
cently took office, has an
nounced appointments for of
ficers. They areas follows:
C. B. Bricker, of Trion adju
[tant; James R. Teddar, of Sum
merville. service: James H.
Floyd, of Pennville, publicity;
Raymond Gaylor, of Summer
ville, assistant quartermaster;
John R. Hartline, of Pennville,
legislative; Max White, of Menlo,
[ patriotic instructor: Stan ley
Greenwood, of Trion, officer of
I the day.
Talmadge To Open
Campaign in Albany
Governor Herman Talmadge
opens his campaign for re-elec
tion as Georgia’s Chief Execu
tive at Albany on Saturday, May
6th
A crowd of 35,000 people is ex
pected to hear the Governor re
view his past two years in office,
and outline his campaign plat
form.
Radium Springs, five miles be
low Albany, is the location for
the speaking. A gala celebration
has been planned by the
i Dougherty County "Talmadge
for Governor" Club.
Talmadge will be introduced
jby James H. Gray, publisher of
। the Albany Herald. Master of
Ceremonies will be J. W. "Taxi”
Smith. Menard Peacock, Mayor
| of Albany, and Morris V. Tift,
Chairman of the County Com
i mission, will extend a welcome to
the visitors.
Rites Held For
Infant Flier
Graveside services for the in
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Eller, Cedar Bluff, Route
jl, were conducted from the
graveside of the Broomtown
Cemetery Sunday afternoon.
Other than parents, she was
survived by grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs Roy Morris, of Cedar
Bluff. Ala., and grandfather, W.
M. Eller, of Trion; three half
brothers, James Roy, Marsh Lee
and James Franklin Tucker, all
of Cedar Bluff, Route 1.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1950
BROOKE PIERCE
LEAVES S. H. S.
FOR LEE HIGH
Brooke Pierce, who has been
' athletic director at the Summer
ville High School for the past
[four years, has accepted a sim
jilar position at the Chickamauga
Lee High School.
According to E. M. Blue, Sum
merville school superintendent,
no one has been selected to re
place Mr. Pierce.
: Mrs. Pierce is a teacher in the
1 Summerville Home Economics
j department.
A native of Trion, Mr. Pierce
made an impressive football rec
ord while at the University of
Georgia when he played in the
Rose and Orange Bowls, He also
was active in baseball.
Prior to coming to the Sum
merville School, Mr. Pierce was
in the Marine Corps, having
, served three years as a Lieuten
j ant. He was wounded early in
, the Iwo Jima campaign.
WOMAN DIES OF
WRECK INURIES;
I I
MASON IN HOSPITAL
A Chattooga County woman is
• dead and a local man is in Floyd
( Hospital, Rome, as the result of
Injuries sustained in an automo
. bile accident near Lindale early
Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Webb, of Summer
ville, Route 1, died Wednesday
morning of injuries which in
volved a broken back and dislo
cated hip.
Charles Mason, also of Sum
merville, remains in "fair” con
dition at the Rome hospital,
after suffering severe head
! wounds.
Robert Mason and John
Clowdis, both of Summerville,
were in the vehicle when it over
turned, but were not hurt.
The automobile in which the
'four were riding suddenly w’ent
out of control on the Lindale
Highway and overturned. Floyd
County Policeman Von Brock in
vsetigated the accident about
12:30 a.m. Saturday. It occurred
about one mile norh of Lindale,
j the vehicle being en route to
' Lindale.
Details concerning funeral ar
rangements for Mrs. Webb were
jnot immediately available, how
ever J. D. Hill Funeral Home has
charge of arrangements.
Ladies Win
Range, Refrigerator
Misses Rebecca Sprouse and
Edna Fuller won a range and
refrigerator, respectively, last
week-end in the two-day free
cooking school sponsored by The
Loop Furniture Cmpany.
In additin to the range and
refrigerator, a number of other
' smaller prizes were given away
[ to those attending the school.
Miss Rossie Ann Gibson, Home
Economist of the A. J. Lindeman
Hoverson Company of Mil
waukee. Wisconsion, conducted
the school.
Presbyterians Plan
Picnic Supper
A picnic supper will be held
jat 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11,
at the Summerville Presbyterian
Church in observance of Family
Night and the birthday party of
(the Women of the Church.
This supper also will take the
place of the men's meeting for
the month of May.
Church leaders stated that a
good program is being planned
and that a free will offering will
bo taken for the birthday ob
jective.
Musical Recital
Al Lyerly Friday
A musical recital will be pre- j
sented by the pupils of Mrs. B
B. Brogdon at 8 p.m. Friday at,
the Lyerly Baptist Church.
Mrs. Brogdon’s pupils will pre- I
sent numbers on the piano, l
marimba and there will be a
flute band.
HUNTER HOME
BURNS FRIDAY
A four-room house in West
Summerville owned by Homer
McKeehan and occupied by John
Hunter, was totally destroyed by
fire Friday night.
The origin of the fire was not
determined, members of the lo
cal fire department stated. No
one was at home at the time the
fire began and when the fire de
partment arrived on the scene it
was too late ot save he struc
ture. No household furnishings
were saved.
P. 0. To Observe
New Window Hours
New hours of window service
at the Summerville Post Office
were announced this week by
John Stubbs, Postmaster.
। The post office will be open
• daily Monday through Friday
- from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on
■ Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon,
i Postmaster Stubbs said, and
there will be no window service
■ on legal holidays.
. These hours conform to those
• observed by other post offices of
similar size in this vicinity and
• throughout the nation, it was
> pointed out.
There are no changes con
“ | templated in the hours of de
liivery by city carriers and rural
■(carriers at this time, Mr. Stubbs
: 'said.
> The lobby of the post office
will be open daily from 7 a.m. to
■ 9 p.m.
> I The postmaster said the
: change was made in the interest
of the most economical adequate
1 service to the public and in or
der to comply with recent in
structions of the Postmaster
General.
Soilbail Season Gets
Start Here This Week
The City Softball League got
under way Monday with the Bus
Station and the Tooga Grill
emerging as victors in the two
games of the evening.
Lyerly lost to the Bus Station,
12-7, while the Valley Head, Ala.,
group, who replaced the Baptist
Church in the League, made only
4 points to the Tooga Grill’s 16.
Tuesday’s games were rained
j out and they were to have been
played last night.
All games are played on the
Summerville Manufacturing Co.
softball field located in South
Summerville.
, The schedule calls for the Bus
Station and the Valley Head nine
to play in the first game this
■ evening, with the Tooga Grill
and Lyerly to meet in the last
game.
Pennville and the Georgia Rug
Mill will play th- first game to
morrow evening' 'with the last
| game to be a non-league affair
, j involving the Summerville Manu
1| facturing Company and a vet
eran's team.
The Georgia Rug Mill and the
Summerville Manufacturing Co.
I will compete in the opening at 8
■' p.m. Monday. No second game
lias been scheduled.
Lyerly and Valley Head are
scheduled to face each other at
i 8 p.m. Tuesday with the Bus
j Station and the Tooga Grill to
play the last game of the eve
ning.
Father and Son To
Preach At Berryton
Young David Adams, 13, son
’i of the Rev. Dewey Adams, will
(speak at the 11 a.m. service Sun
■ | day at the Berryton Baptist
i Church, it was announced this
week by the Rev. F. M. Higgins,
I pastor.
The Rev. Mr Adams, of Chat
tanooga, will preach at 2:30 p.m.
jin a special evangelistic service.
The public is invited to attend
both services, the Rev. Mr. Hig
gins stated.
HERE T THERE
Pfc. Charlie T. Kash, para
trooper of the 504th Airborne In
fantry Regiment will participate
in an airborne invasion at Fort'
Bragg, during April and May.
This attack will be part of the I
Army-Air Force airhead ma
neuver, "Exercise Swanner”, in
volving a force of 60,000 men and
600 aircraft.
Pfc. Rash, the son of Charlie
E. Rash, who lives at Route 2,
Summerville, will, along with his
■unit, play a major role in the!
lair and parachute operations
that will make "Exercise Swarm
mer” the largest peacetime, air
borne maneuver since the war.
Henry Holt Owings, of Sum
merville, is among five Univer
sity of Georgia students who
have been named candidates for
valedictorian of the senior class.
The honor will go to the one re
ceiving the greatest number of
votes in a class election.
Other candidates are: Ludwig
L. Barbato, Jersey City, N. J.;
Carolyn Goodman, Athens; Hall
Peebles. Augusta, and Mrs. Olive
Hall Shadgett, Athens.
Requirements ror valedictor
ian are a minimum of six quar
ters of study at the University
and one of the five highest sen
ior averages.
BAND AND FILM TO
BE ON WILDLIFE
CLUB PROGRAM
i Marshall Lowry will have
' charge of the entertainment pro
i gram at the County Wildlife and
, Conservation Club meeting at 8
I p. m„ May 8, at the Lyerly school
> auditorium.
Mr. Lowry states that he will
• have an interesting program and
: will feature the Summerville Hi
I band in several selections.
; An interesting film, released
by Eastern Airlines, entitled
• “Flying Fisherman and Flying
Hunter,” will be shown and this
[ is said to be the best wildlife
; picture produced. An Abbott and
Costello comedy also will be
[ shown.
i The club president, W. H.
Smith, invites the general public
> to attend the meetings.
VET GROUP
HEARS HARRELL
Veterans attending night
classes at Summerville Monday
night heard an address by L. B.
Harrell, of Dickeyville, candidate
for the position of Judge of the
new Lookout Circuit.
Mr. Harrell stated that the
home of the person elected Judge
would be the seat of the new
Circuit. Mr. Harrell is the only
candidate from this county, the
other two candidates being from
LaFayette.
He stated that this would
mean “an influx of a good many
thousand dollars to the seat of
the circuit.”
He said that justice would be
‘ firm but fair” should he be the
. one elected. Mr. Harrell promised
an “efficient court with regard
to the interest of those support
ing the court."
Mr. Harrell contended that he
j had experience to enable him to
. tell the difference “between a
wayward boy and a confirmed
criminal.”
Mrs. Estelle Hammitt,
22, Dies Os Wounds
Mrs. Estelle Crane Hanunitt,
22, of Route 2, Summerville,
passed away at 6:50 p.m. Mon
l day following wounds received
. from an accidental gunshot
while on a picnic at Cloudland
. on April 23.
Surviving are her husband,
; Holland Hammitt; parents, Mr
J and Mrs Aruthr Crane, of
Jamestown, Ala.; five sisters.
Mrs. R. M. Peace . of Bay
Minette, Ala., Mrs. Bill Mason,
(Mrs. J. C. Jackson and Miss Bet
ty Crane, all of Jamestown, Ala.,
and Mrs. Roy Orr, of Trion; two
(brothers, David Crane, of Bay
Minette, Ala., and James Crane,
of Jamestown, Ala. Eleven nieces
i and three nephews also survive.
Funeral services were conduct
. ed at the East Trion Church of
; God at 10 a.m. Wednesday with
i the Rev. Clyde Maples, the Rev.
F. E. Crowe and H M. Duke of
ficiating.
Pallbearers were: Earl White,
. Deedie Powell. Grady Love. Ken
. neth White, Wesley Bartlett and
Cecil Brady. Interment was in
the Trion Cemetery. J. D. Hill
Funeral Home in charge.
Cpl. James W. Hurley, of Sum
merville, son of Robert Hurley,
of Route 2. is among approxi
mately 4,000 troops of V Corps
and its attached units partici
pating in the biggest air-ground
{maneuver in history—" Exercise
Swarmer.” k
"Swarmer,” commanded by Lt.
Gen. Lauris Norstad of the U. S
Air Force, is planned on a major
scale and its scope is well in ad
vance of anything hitherto at
tempted in war or peace. Total
personnel engaging in the ma
neuver will approach 60,000 in
cluding men from every state in
the Union.
The object is to test the feasi
bility of flying men and equip
ment into the center of enemy
held territory, keeping them
supplied solely by air lift. The
enemy in this case will be an
"Aggressor” force, which theo
retically has invaded the coasts
of North Carolina nnd Florida.
A regular communication of
। Lyerly Lodge No. 338 F and A.M.
will be held at 8 p.m Saturday.
May 6. Urgent business is to be
I t ransacted and all qualified Ma
sons are requested to attend.
Q.
Trion Chapter 339, 0.E.5., will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 5.
All members are urged to at
tend as there will be degree
work
Thousands Expected
For May Day Festival
A gala day is in store for those who attend the May Day
। Festival in Summerville Wednesday, May 10. A big street parade,
. band concert, community sing, tacky parade and prizes galore
will be big attractions of the day.
I
YOUNG LADIES
TO SELL BUDDY
1 POPPIES MAY 10
> I Girl Scouts and Summerville
’ I high school girls will sell Buddy
; Poppies in Summerville on
1 Wednesday, May 10, to aid needy
; Chattooga County veterans and
for the maintenance of the VFW
■ National Home for war orphans
: and widows at Eaton Rapids,
Mich.
Announcement of the Poppy
| sale was made recently by Hugh
Henderson, county chairman,
.and John Stubbs, Commander of
(the local Veterans of Foreign
■ Wars post, sponsors.
Duke Jennings, R C. Harde
|man and Charles Green are
■ j members of a committee to as
‘ [sist Mr. Henderson with the
drive.
The Buddy Poppies will be sold
in Trion on May 26-27 by Boy
Scouts, it was stated.
RADIO PROGRAM
TO SALUTE COUNTY
The new radio program en
j titled “Plowing Time” will sa
lute Chattooga County on Fri
day, May 12, at 6:15 a.m.
This new radio program is de
: signed for the farm audience
j and offers up-to-the minute re
l ports on agriculture, tips for
, better farming and interviews
, j with prominent farmers in Chat
tooga County.
Dudley McCaskill, well-knowm
i radio personality and acting
farm director, will be Master of
Ceremonies. Personal interviews
with local farmers will be
f handled by Ronnie Stevens, of
the Georgia Agricultural Exten
sion Service.
•Plowing Time” acts as bulle
tin board, keeping the farm
families, in each county, inform
■ ed about their own county’s ag
ricultural events, and the pro
((grams in other counties as it as
( sects agriculture. ,
CONCERT AND SINING
ARE SET FOR THIS
WEEK-END IN S’ILLE
> A triple header concert Satur
' day night will precede the semi
. annual all—lay singing conven
s tion at the courthouse in Sum
. merville Sunday.
Saturday night's event will
: feature the Rangers Quartet, of
i Raleigh, N. C., Vick’s Quartet, of
. Chattanooga, and The Harmony
• Boys, of Summerville. The con
cert will begin at 8:30 p.m.
These three quartets will join
. many others Sunday for the all
day event which is staged each
first Sunday in May.
D. R. KNIGHT, 66,
DIES IN MARYLAND
Dayo R. Knight, 66, son of the
late Apalinda Knight and John
Knight, of near Menlo, died
suddenly at his home in Silver
Springs, Md.. Friday, April 21.
He was the brother of Mrs. C.
N. Wilson, of near Menlo, and
the late Dr. Thomas O What acre,
of Bowling Green. Ohio. Until ill
|health forced his retirement two
years, ago, he was employed with
the Housing Administration in
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Knight is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Laura Knight, of Sil
ver Springs, Md.: one daughter,
Miss Catherine Knight, superin
tendent of nurses in a Washing
ton, D C. hospital; and one sis
ter, Mrs. C. H. Wilson, of Menlo, j
He was preceded in death by
two Infant sons. His father died
eight years ago in Menlo.
Funeral services for Mr.
Knight were held at the Wash
ington, D C. First Christian
Church, of which he was an
elder, and at the Scott's Ridge
Presbyterian Church near
Bowling Green, Onto, with inter
ment in the Scott’s Ridge Ceme
tery.
Mrs Wilson and son. Walter E.
Wilson, both of Menlo, and
daughter. Mrs. O. J. Craven, and
Tittle grandson, Paul Craven, of
Chattanooga. Tenn., attended
I their brother's and uncle’s fu-,
neral near Bowling Green. They
'returned home Wednesday.
Growing With
Chattooga
$1.50 PER YEAR
Summerville’s schools will
close at noon to permit all the
(children who wish to, to partici
pate in the afternoon activities
Mayor J. L. McGinnis will lead
the parade which will begin at
2 p.m. The Rome High School
’ Band, Trion High School Band,
j pets, floats and horses will be
( among the features of the pa
j jrade.
; A host of prizes will be given
s away during the afternoon in
eluding a gas stove, shoes, dress
’ (es and other merchandise.
, ( A large portion of Commerce
j j Street will be roped off from
traffic and farm implements.
[ [automobiles and trucks, as well
Jas livestock will be on display
Anyone interested in being in
. | the tacky parade is asked to con-
I [tact Miss Beulah Shropshire at
\ Phone 104 for details.
Throughout the day there
will be free jeep rides for
everyone. Be sure to come and
take a ride. It’s always fun!
There will be television sets,
greasy poles, greasy pigs, odd
modes of transportation, “a
jail.” and many other interesting
and amusing features to enter
tain throughout he day.
A motorcade will visit
throughout the county Tuesday
to remind all countians to drop
whatever they're doing and
come to Summerville for the big
day.
Most stores in the city are
offering special sales during the
day and shoppers are expected to
find many savings.
Open house will be held at the
new Summerville News end
everyone is invited to come and
see the county newspaper in the
^process of being printed.
Checks, Saving Bonds
Being Forged-Barrett
Criminals are currently doing
the booming business forging U
S. Treasury checks and U. S. War
and Savings Bonds. William K
Barrett, director of the State
Department of Veterans Serv
ice. announced today.
।[ Barrett cited figures which in-
J dicate the Treasury Department
। Secret Service Division last year
handled over 7,500 bond forgery
cases. These involved over half
a million dollars in government
'checks.
He also cited figures which in
■ dicate over 30.000 U. S Treasury
• (checks were forged last year
■ i epresenting a face value of over
• $2,000,000.
Treasury checks are currently
I being forged at the rate of 100
! per day.
![ According to Barrett the Se
ricret Service advises that all vet
erans receiving government
checks should provide a good,
। locked mail box in which nostal
carriers can deposit the drafts.
i ।He added that the last endorser
of a forged government check is
held to be the responsible party
and is therefore the loser. He
[advises that Georgians be very
careful in accepting government
checks and that positive identity
of the holder of the check be es
tablished before it is cashed.
In the event that any Georgia
veteran has lost a government
check or war bond or believes
that his name was illegally
placed upon one for conversion
into cash, should contact the lo
cal Veterans Service Office for
complete Instructions on what
action should be taken. The Vet
erans Service Office in this area
is located at the courthouse in
Summerville every Thursday,
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m Manager
of this office Is W D Greene
Mrs. Littlejohn, 84,
Dies in Summerville
Mrs Martha Catherine Day
Lltttlejohn. 84. died in Summer
ville at 1:30 a.m. Monday after
'several weeks illness.
She is survived by a daughter.
Mrs. Joe Nooan, of Chattanooga:
la sister, Mrs J A Littlejohn, of
LaFayette; two brothers. N. J.
Day. of Rossville, and J H. Day.
[of LaFayette. Two granddaugh
ters and two grandsons also sur
vive.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Chattooga Baptist
Church, of which she was a
member, at 2 pm Wednesday,
with the Rev. J. R. McCurdy, of
। LaFayette. officiating. Inter
ment was in the Trinity Ceme-
Itery, LaFayete. Route 4.